Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas enjoyed diplomatic immunity during his recent visit to Berlin, according to the German Foreign Ministry, ahead of a police investigation into the Palestinian leader “for inciting hatred” after his statements about “50 holocausts by Israel at the expense of Palestinians”. “In the assessment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud […]
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Germany: Tension in the chancellery after Abbas’s statements about Israel’s ’50 holocausts’ with Palestinian victims
“From 1947 until today, Israel has committed 50 massacres in 50 Palestinian villages and towns, in Deir Yassin, Tandoora, Kafr Qasim and many others. 50 massacres, 50 holocausts. To this day we have daily deaths from the Israeli army. Our demand is: Stop! Enough! Let us find peace! Let us look forward, to security, to […]
Rare meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and Benny Gantz ahead of Biden’s visit to Israel and Palestine
Six months after their meeting in Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met in preparation for the visit of US President Joe Biden. The rare meeting on Thursday night took place on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and was intended to “discuss political and military […]
Abbas points out danger of ‘explosion’ in West Bank to Putin
Israel’s policy is in danger of leading to a real “explosion” in the occupied West Bank, a theater of recurring violence, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday during a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart , Vladimir Putin. Mr Abbas spoke with the Russian president yesterday morning, just two days before his meeting […]